Obituaries

John William Quasa Sr.
1915 - 2008

Funeral services for John William Quasa, Sr., 93, Tonganoxie, will be 1 p.m. Thursday, March 27 at Mt. Moriah Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Drive, Kansas City, Mo.Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, March 26 at the funeral home. Burial is at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.Mr. Quasa died Monday, March 24, 2008, at Providence Medical Center.He was born Jan. 24, 1915, in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of William Quasa and Rose Yost. He married Mary E. Bush on Oct. 15, 1939, in Richmond, Mo.Mr. Quasa served as a butcher in Richmond, Mo. He later moved to Kansas City and worked in the Kansas City Stockyards and retired from Bendix Aviation of Kansas City, Mo.He is preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, his daughter Betty Lou Foster, four brothers, three sisters, and three great-grandchildren.Survivors include Bob and Neal Kissinger, Tonganoxie; John W. Jr. and Neva Quasa, Liberty, Mo., and Debbie and Virgil Campbell, Eudora; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.